YouTube's been rolling out AI-based age estimation and collecting sensitive information to confirm users' age. I'm not into it.
  • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1512·
    4 months ago

    Between the age of my account and the fact I pay for premium, if they ever ask for ID they can go fuck themselves and I’ll go back to as blockers and fresh accounts

      • cole@lemdro.idEnglish
        5922·
        4 months ago

        nothing wrong with that.

        you support the people you watch without having to see ads. also, comes with YT music.

        it’s a pretty good deal

              • cole@lemdro.idEnglish
                3·
                4 months ago

                I mean yeah if everyone would coordinate. We’re such a small minority on here it doesn’t really do anything on its own. If we got the creators themselves onboard…

              • PurpleClouds@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                4 months ago

                I agree. All I am saying that in the limit where we all use services that respect privacy and stay away from big tech, we still have a major issue that we currently don’t have a solution for and is very hard to avoid or eliminate completely.

        • no banana@piefed.worldEnglish
          71·
          4 months ago

          And the paying user average revenue for creators is higher than ad users. At least it was when I last looked.

          • Lucy :3@feddit.orgEnglish
            61·
            4 months ago

            Tipping your creators 5€/month or smth is even better. No google, Amazon in between, no charges…

            • cole@lemdro.idEnglish
              132·
              4 months ago

              yeah except if I watch a random video from somebody they wouldn’t get any money with this method.

              I can’t afford to give everyone 5€ per month

            • joelfromaus@aussie.zoneEnglish
              1·
              4 months ago

              So I’d be paying roughly $500/m + all of the random videos I watch wouldn’t see any of that.

              Edit: This reminded me that I can check how much I use it. I’ve been a YT Prem member since 2019.

      • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        17·
        4 months ago

        I mean, people pay for Netflix or Amazon or whatever, why is YouTube different? It’s my primary video platform and I watch more than 50 hours a week (I’m low balling that number to hell as well).

        While paying is more convenient for me than breaking their shit, I’ll pay. Also means creators actually get paid for my views as well

    • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
      161·
      4 months ago

      I still have the original Google Play Music All Access intro deal of $7.99/month from 2013.
      They contractually can’t raise the price on me ever. 12 years so far.

      • otacon239@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        4 months ago

        I couldn’t keep paying for it in good conscience when they killed the original Play Music app and along with it: their awesome selection of curated playlists, the best library organization I’ve seen before or since, and the critical one, the ability to upload your own music that wasn’t available already. I just can’t stand YouTube as a music organization platform.

        Edit: Oh! And not to mention the I’m Feeling Lucky button that somehow no one else has managed to replicate.